On 5/16/06, Sam wrote: > I don't know about you but I avoid foreign doctors and dentists. I've > meet one or two that were better than average but most seem to come > from a doctor production factory. I guess our schools are just better. > Demand seems to have lowered the standards and with the flooding of > the cheap doctors the good ones can't compete. Same thing with tech, > if hundreds of people apply for a job and you're the best candidate > but they'll take less will the company ever know that they lost out?
That is exactly the kind of generalization that obscures the real issues. My father-in-law went to medical school in India and he practiced surgery for 30 years in Viriginia. BTW, hiring based on price v. quality is something some managers do whether it involves offshoring or not. Sometimes they get burned and learn the lesson that quality matters. Sometimes they just continue to get burned. That's business. The lower end isn't so great either, day workers are asking for $10 hr > while Wal-Mart is only paying $6-7. I think plenty of high school and > college kids would do the roofing and the landscaping rather then > McDonalds at $7 hr. Not so you would notice, at least not here in San Diego. Unemployment is extremely low. Students can only fill part of the need because they have school commitments. So yes let them in but flooding the market is foolish. Don't forget if > we remove our borders we also remove our culture, we lose that and we > lose it all anyway. Now you are getting to the heart of the issue. It's what Pat Buchanan keep talking about. But where in the Constitution does it say that American culture must represent only a specific group of people? American culture is always shifting, always absorbing elements of cultures around it. So when you say, "our culture", don't you mean, "my culture". To be sure, there are broad themes in American culture, but I think they are rather few and mostly fairly high-level - hard work, opportunity, personal freedom, participation in governing. What does everyone think are the dominant themes in American culture? I think that is an interesting question to ponder for the day. -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206842 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
